Skirt-supporter.



No.757,6 72. Y PATNTED'APR.19,1904.

'A. M. on".

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 190 3.

HO MODEL.

Patented April 19, 1-904.

PATENT @rrica.

. OF DENVER, COLORADO.

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' Q fsrncm rckflorr O-ata 'paa of' L ette rs'Patent No. 757,672, datedApril 19, 1904.

' dpplioation filedlinvember26,1908. Serial a. 182,695, (in model.)

Be it known that 1, Annie M. Our, a citizenof the United States,residing at Denver, in

the county of Denver-and-State of Colorado,

have/invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters, ofwhich-the following is a specification t,

My invention relates'to; devices ,us'edfor supporting-skirts; and myobjects are, first, to

-provide a skirt-supporter which, being simple in construction, may bereadily applied and will most effectually prevent the skirt fromsagging, while at the same time holding down the shirt-waist; second, toprovide a skirt-supporter which, having a plurality of independ' 'entpoints of contact with the skirt, will hold it securely and'preventtearing of the garment; third, to provide a skirt-supporter which willat no time show above the waistband or become unfastened on account ofthe strain taken along the line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an enlargedperspective view of one of the skirtengaging members of the device; Fig.4, an enlarged perspective view of the pin-engaging member; and Fig. 5,a perspective view showing the device attached to a shirtwaist, the

skirt being shownras partly fastened.

Similar reference-numerals refer to similar parts throughout the variousviews.

My device consists of a safety-pin 5, of the usual construction,comprising a pin-arm 5, spring-coil 5 shank 5 and shield or sheath 5Shank 5 is provided with the skirt-engaging members 6 and 6, located atthe outer extremities of said shank,one adjoining springcoil 5", whilethe other adjoins shield 5"". They are separated from each other andheld in place by the pin-arm-engaging member 7, the aggregated width ofthe three members being equal to the distance between the spring-coiland the shield 5 Members 6 and 6 are plates the upper edge of which hasbeen bent around the shank 5, allowing free movement of the platesaround the shank, while their opposite or lower extremities have beenbent upward and are provided with a number of points or prongs 6. Thethird or middle member '7 is also a plate,-one' edge'of which is bentaround the shank, from which point it tapers toward its free extremity,which is bent upward, forming a hook 7", whichwhen the member 7 is movedupward will engage. the pin-arm 5, as shown in Fig. l, in whichthelocked positiontof plate.

locking position, its hook engaging the pinarm. The shirt 12 when placedover the shirtwaist will by is weight cause skirt-band 12 to engage theupwardly-extending prongs of the members 6, thereby v securely attachingthe skirt to the waist.

The necessity of the pinarm-engaging memher 7 will be readily understoodif it is taken in consideration that the weight of the skirt (whichoften is considerable) causes a constant downward strain on the shank ofthe safety-pin. If the member 7 were omitted, this strain while pullingthe shank 5 downward would naturally cause the pin-arm to bend, with theresult that it eventually would appear above the waistband of the skirtand if bent still farther would fail to engage the shield, andconsequently detach the skirt from the waist.

Another advantage of great importance gained in my device is the factthat I provide two points of contact with the skirt-band a certaindistance apart instead of having one plate, as is sometimes used indevices of this kind. My construction allows the skirt-band to conformto the rounding shape of the figure without having to bend or strain theplates, which invariably results in the tearing and eventually looseningof the garment. It furthermore assures a better and more lasting contactof the device with the skirt-band, as the strain caused by the weight ofthe skirt is distributed to more than one point on the skirt-band.

Although the form of my device as shown in the drawings is preferable,it will be un derstood that the shape and proportion of theto engage themiddle portion of the pin-arm when the device is in place, substantiallyas described. V

2. In a device of the class named, the combination with a safety-pinhaving two pronged hooks depending from its shank, of a third hookhinged to the shank of said pin in between the first-mentioned hooks andadapted to engage the pin-arm, substantially as de-,

scribed.

3. In a device for supporting skirts, the combination with a safety-pin,comprising a shank and a spring-arm, of three adjacent hooks hinged tothe shank of said pin, the

outer ones of said hooks being adapted to engage the skirt while themiddle one is adapted to engage the spring-arm of said pin,substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class named, in combination, a safety-pin, twoskirt-engaging'members consisting ofplates, one extremity of which ismovably connected with the shank of the pin, While their oppositeextremities are provided with upwardly-extending prongs, and a thirdmember located between the two skirt-engaging members, said third memberconsisting of a plate, one extremity of which is bent around'the shankof the pin, while its free extremity is provided with a hook adapted toengage thepin-arm, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have 'afiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ANNIEM. OTT.

Witnesses:

K. M. ST MP, W. H. STo'oKLEY.

